EVS Sample paper (Set 2)

Class 4
50 Marks

I. Fill in the blanks:

(10 X 1 =10)

Read and Write

1. An animal with ears like fans ___________________
2. An animal with ears like leaves __________________
3. An animal with ears on the top of its head ________________
4. An animal with ears on both sides of its head _______________
5. _________ is our national Animal
6. Traffic light: Green light - _____________
7. You should always cross road at ___________ crossing.
8. __________________________ animals are used for carrying loads.
9. ________ is a place where grass, small plants and trees grow on their own without being
planted.
10. _________________ is the largest animal on earth.

Answer:

1. Elephant
2. Deer
3. Rabbit
4. Tiger
5. Tiger
6. Go
7. Zebra crossing
8. Donkey, Camel and yak
9. Forest
10. Blue whale
 II. Match the following:

(5 X 1 = 5)

Column A Column B

1. Malayalam Goa

2. Konkani Gujarat

3. Marathi Karnataka

4. Gujarati Kerala

5. Kannada Maharashtra

Answer:

Column A Column B

1. Malayalam Kerala

2. Konkani Goa

3. Marathi Maharashtra

4. Gujarati Gujarat

5. Kannada Karnataka

III. Find out true/false.

(5 X 1 = 5)

1. Lion is a pet animal - _____

2. Ticket-checker checks the tickets of the passengers - _________
3. People hunt animals for their meat, skin and bones. - _________
4. Fruits do not grow on a mango tree. - __________
5. Jasmine cannot be recognised by their scent, with our eyes closed. - _________
Answer:

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. False
IV. Answer the question in paragraph

(1 X 6 = 6)

1. Write about mango tree.

Is the mango tree is flowring plant?
Do the flowers remain on the tree throughout the year?
In which month do their leaves fall?
Do fruits grow on the tree?
In which months do they grow?
Have you eaten the fruit?

Answer:

Mango tree

Yes, the mango tree is a flowering plant.

No, the flowers do not remain on the tree throughout the year.

The mango tree is an evergreen plant. It possesses leaves throughout the four seasons; the old
leaves are shed and replaced by young new leaves. The leaves are usually shed round the year.

Yes, fruits grow on a mango tree.

The fruiting period of a mango tree is from May to July.

Yes, I have eaten mangoes.

IV. Answer the following

(9 X 2 = 18)

1. Where is Ladakh?
2. Which animals do we use for riding?
3. When you play Kabaddi, how many players do you have in a team?
4. Why do you think the egret is sitting on the buffalo?
5. In the elephant herd, the oldest female elephant decides everything. Who takes decisions in
your family?
6. What are some of the things that are sold at Railway stations?
7. How do children who lives in mountain go to school?
8. Why bridges are made?
9. Why was there so much smoke and noise from the vehicles at the level crossing?

Answer:

1. Ladak is located on high mountains and has river flowing through it.
 2. Horse, elephant, camel, donkey and yak are used for riding.

3. Generally, there are 12 players in each team, 7 players play on the ground at a time
while 5 are substitutes. Number of team players can vary according to the format of the
game.

4. The egret sits on the back of the buffalo to eat flies, grasshoppers and other pests to the
buffalo. In this way, the egret gets its food and the buffalo gets rid of germs and dirt. So,
it is a kind of mutual benefit for both.

5. In the Elephant herd the oldest female takes the decision. In my family both my father
and mother take the decision together. The head of the family are my parents.

6. Some of the things that are sold at railway stations are water, milk, tea and eatable
items, such as namkeen, batata vada, puri-shaak, etc.

7. Children lived in mountain goes to school through rocky path.

8. Bridges are made across rivers to connect the two places separated by those rivers. It
makes communication and transportation much easier.

9. There were a lot of vehicles at the level-crossing waiting for the train to pass. Some
people did not switch off the engines of their vehicles. As a result, there was a lot of
smoke and noise.

IV. Answer the following

(3 X 2 = 6)

1. Who were the members of Nimmi’s family before the arrival of her baby sister and How
many members are there in Nimmi’s family now?

2. How do you think the lives of Nimmi’s family members have changed after the arrival of the
new baby? For example
• How will Nimmi spend her day now?
• What new work will her mother do now?
• There will be a change in the daily work of Nimmi’s father, grandmother
and uncle with the arrival of the new baby. Can you tell how?
3. Nandita used to feel like vomiting when at first she had to use the toilet where Mama lived.
Why?

Answer:

1. There were five members in Nimmi’s family before the arrival of her baby sister.
They were Nimmi, her mother, her father, her grandmother and her uncle.
There are six members in Nimmi’s family now.

2. Nimmi will now spend her day by playing with her baby sister.
 Her mother will now take care of her new baby along with Nimmi. She will feed the baby and
change her clothes.
Nimmi’s father, grandmother and uncle will now give extra time to the newly born baby.

3. The toilet was used to many people. Nobody cared to clean it. So, it got dirty day be day. So,
it spread very foul smell. So, Nandita used to feel like vomiting when at first at first she had
to use the toilet where Mama lived.